The following is taken from my latest book, IN THEIR IMAGE AND LIKENESS, subtitled, UNIVERSAL WISDOM, in the Foreword, pages 18-21:
Spiritual maturity is needed to allow yourself to read this book.
It is not for the faint of heart. If this book has found its way to you and is in your hands, it is finally time for you to know what has been kept from you and humanity for 1,698 years. What I am going to share with you in this book was once common knowledge for 325 years following the crucifixion of Jesus until men, not God, told people what to believe at the Council of Nicaea.
There are three basic creeds, statements of belief approved by the Catholic and Protestant Churches, the Apostle’s Creed[1], the Nicene Creed[2], and the lesser known Athanasian Creed[3]. All three creeds, statements of belief, declare a Trinity, three persons in one God. This book deals with these statements of humanly inspired indoctrination.
The Council of Nicaea poured their dogma into one litany of beliefs known as the Nicene Creed, burying truths that were known, loved, and practiced for 325 years following the crucifixion of Jesus. All religions are negatively affected by the burying of truth, unless they are practicing all the things that Jesus taught, not only some of them. …
It is with the greatest respect, humility, and oblation of all the I am, that I refer to God as Eternal Universal Life Force Energy. God is a title, not a name, referencing the Infinite Creator of All life, seen and unseen. Some religions opt to go with the designation, YHWH.[4] Because the name of YHWH, Yahweh, is thought to be the name of Eternal Universal Life Force Energy, I will remain using the title of God, or Eternal Universal Life Force Energy when applicable.
According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, the designation for God, as in YHWH, consists of the sequence of consonants Y, H, W, H; or Yod, Heh, Waw, and Heh if you add the common vowels thought to make the tetragrammaton. Picture these words with no vowels, as the name of YHWH was not meant to be spoken. If you form the sounds of Y, H, W, H, you hear the whisper of the sound of the wind, replete with self-existence and self-sufficiency[5] which Moses experiences on Mount Horeb in Exodus 3:1-6. It is how YHWH identifies as the Limitless Living Light in the burning bush that does not burn.
Some translate this in the English language as either Yahweh or Jehovah. Yet, to pronounce the name of God, is to die, as in the case of the account of Lilith.
One infamous story of Lilith[6] can be found in The Alphabet of Ben Sira, a satirical and borderline heretical Jewish text from the Middle Ages. It says that Lilith refused to lie beneath Adam during sex, saying, “You lie beneath me! We are both equal, for both of us are made from the earth.”
This would be quick to dismiss, as many religious denominations do, except for the appearance in many mainstream bibles noting Lilith in various bible interpretations[7] of Isaiah 34:14 as follows:
New Revised Standard Version
Wildcats shall meet with hyenas, goat-demons shall call to each other; there too Lilith shall repose and find a place to rest.
New American Bible:
Wildcats shall meet with desert beasts; satyrs shall call to one another; There shall the Lilith repose and find for herself a place to rest.
International Standard Version:
And desert creatures will meet with hyenas, and goat-demons will call out to each other. There also Liliths will settle and find for themselves a resting place.
Amplified Bible:
The creatures of the desert will encounter jackals and the hairy goat will call to its kind; Indeed, Lilith (night demon) will settle there and find herself a place of rest.
Other bibles simply refer to her as a screech owl, birds, or night creatures. The New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures, the Jehovah’s Witness (JW) bible refers to Lilith in verse 14 as the nightjar, amid images of desert creatures, howling animals, and a wild goat. I have had former JW bible teachers indignantly dismiss the myths of Lilith, saying you will not find her in today’s bibles. But further investigation proves this is incorrect, as seen above.
This is a perfect example of how the bible got maligned to go along with what humanity wanted it to say or not say.
In The Alphabet of Ben Sira account, Lilith, speaks the ineffable name of God and flew away. God sends three angels named Senoy, Sansenoy, and Semangelof, who demanded that she return. Some say the names of the angels sent give the hissing sound of the snake, as they all start with the letter “S.” Did she or her Spirit return?
Other Creation stories include Lilith[8] and Naamah as being created from the dust of the earth. There is another eerily similar Creation portrayal in the mythical ancient painting depicting the goddess Anath (God) naked in the air, watching her lover Mot murder his twin brother Aliyan. Apparently biblical and rabbinic mythographers made a mistake, as humans are prone to do. They mistook Mot for Cain and Aliyan for Abel. This is not the first time that mistakes were made giving God credit for the murderous antics of the fallen ones, as you will see in this book. This is a repeating pattern. These are not the qualities of God.
This book discusses the two different Creation stories in Genesis dealing with the Creation of human beings. Lilith’s Creation accounts for the first story of Creation in Genesis 1:1-31. The story of Adam and Eve accounts for the second story of Creation.
Why on earth would there be two different Creation accounts?
With the Creation of Eve from Adams rib in Genesis 2:21-25, it is suggested that Eve is subservient to Adam, a reason religious hierarchies use to diminish the role of women in their places of worship, politics, and in archaic social systems.
In this book, Eternal Universal Life Force Energy is God, the Divine Infinite Mind, The Ancient of Days. Passages from the Nag Hammadi Scriptures, Dead Sea Scrolls, and Books of Enoch have occasional words in brackets which are possible words in those missing segments due to fragile papyrus disintegrating through time. Scholars who are adept at transcription suggest possible words within the brackets. Numbered footnotes from sourced material are noted at the bottom of the page.
Lilith is often pictured with an owl or two and sometimes with a Lion.
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[1] The Apostles’ Creed: Origins, Old Roman Form and New (learnreligions.com)
[2] What Is the Nicene Creed and What Does It Mean for Catholics? – Catholic World Mission
[3] Athanasian Creed – Wikipedia
[4] Yahweh | YHWH, Adonai, Elohim, Meaning, & Facts | Britannica
[5] What is the Tetragrammaton? YHWH and Yahweh Meaning and Usage (christianity.com)
[6] The History of Lilith, From Demon to Adam’s First Wife to Feminist Icon | HowStuffWorks
[7] Isaiah 34:14 The desert creatures will meet with hyenas, and one wild goat will call to another. There the night creature will settle and find her place of repose. (biblehub.com)
[8] Lilith – History, Stories & Interpretations of The First Woman | Mythology.net
Namaste